Description

SOUTHPORT

SD3317NE SEABANK ROAD
664-1/9/182 (North side)
15/11/72 CHURCH OF ST MARIE
Roman Catholic Church

II

Roman Catholic church. Originally 1841, by Augustus Welby Northmore
Pugin, enlarged 1852, rebuilt 1875, facade rebuilt in replica
1924. Portland stone facade with sandstone dressings, steeply-
pitched 3-span roofs
STYLE: Decorated.
PLAN: nave on north-east/south-west axis with side aisles
under parallel roofs, 3-sided apse. Facade of 3 unequal
gables.
EXTERIOR: the gable of the nave has a full-width projected
rectangular porch with a statue in a niche flanked by gabled
entrances with 2-centred arched doorways, a pair of flying
buttresses rising from the sides of the porch, under the left
of these a semicircular vice with semi-conical roof, 3 unequal
lancets between the buttresses, that in the centre shorter to
allow for a rose window above, and a gabled bellcote.
The flanking gables of the aisles, which are smaller, each
have a 2-centred arched 3-light window with tracery. At the
sides the aisles have 2-centred arched 2-light windows and the
nave has segmental-pointed 2-light clerestory windows.
INTERIOR: 7-bay aisle arcades of quatrefoil columns carrying
2-centred double-chamfered arches; collar-truss roof with
king-struts, angle-struts and long straight braces from the
wall posts; 5-sided organ and choir gallery at west end,
supported on cast-iron columns; sanctuary with elaborate
carved reredos.

Listing NGR: SD3385817804

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660010

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)